Identity Guidelines

Editorial Style Guide

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boards
Capitalize as part of the formal name:

Board of Trustees, Board of Regents
But The board met to discuss the issue at last night’s meeting.

Brackenridge

Braille

brackets
Use brackets to add explanations or corrections to quoted material (an exception to AP style):

“We can talk about theory, but [students] need to learn how to translate what they are learning in school into a real situation,” Tangum said.

Use brackets as parentheses within parentheses:

The game has been immortalized in articles and a book (Harry Walters, The Game That Went Down in History [New York: Good Sports Press, 1987]).

buildings
Spell out the names of buildings on first reference; abbreviations may be used on second reference:

• Arts Building - ART
• Biosciences Building - BS
• Biotechnology, Sciences and Engineering Building - BSE
• Buena Vista Street Building - BV
• Business Building - BB
• Business Services Annex - BSA
• Central Receiving and Warehouse - CRW
• Convocation Center - CC or Convo
• Engineering Building - EB
• Frio Street Building - FS
• Humanities and Social Sciences Building - HSS
• Institute of Texan Cultures - ITC
• John Peace Library Building - JPL
• Main Building - MB
• Multidisciplinary Studies Building - MS
• Monterey Building - MNT
• Physical Education Building - PE
• Physical Plant Building - PP
• Recreation and Wellness Center - RWC
• Science Building - SB
• University Center - UC
• University Heights - UH